Empire of Mali

Empire of Mali

Gold-Salt Trade, Sundiata and Mansa Musa

Multiple Choice

What is the definition of trade?

• Trade is only item for item.

• Trade is the buying and selling of goods.

• Trade is only for things that have no value.

• None of the above.

Open Ended

Respond to the picture using three of the five words (create a sentence):

📍gold 📍salt 📍trade 📍camel 📍Sahara

Multiple Choice

Which desert borders the Empire of Mali to the north?

• Kalahari

• Gobi

• Sahara

• Mojave

Multiple Choice

Controlling trade of which of the following two items made Mali very wealthy?

• Copper and Silver

• Gold and Silver

• Gold and Salt

• Silver and Salt

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Empire of Mali

The Big Idea

The wealthy and powerful Mali Empire ruled West Africa after the fall of Ghana.

Main Ideas

• A ruler named Sundiata made Mali into an empire.

• Mali reached its height under the ruler Mansa Musa.

• Mali fell to invaders in the late 1400s.

Multiple Choice

Where was the Empire of Mali located?

• Southern Africa

• Eastern Europe

• Western Africa

• South America

Multiple Choice

What ruler united the local tribes and formed the Empire of Mali?

• Mansa Musa

• Sundiata

• Shaka Zulu

Multiple Choice

What was the title of the ruler of the Empire of Mali?

• President

• King

• Mansa

• Ghana

Multiple Choice

What does the term Mansa translate to?

• Emperor or King

• Trade

• Empire

• Wealth

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• • Mansa Musa made Mali and its great  wealth famous throughout world when he went on a pilgrimage to Mecca accompanied by thousands of servants and gold.

  
  

  • Mansa Musa wanted to spread Islam across Africa. He encouraged his people to learn Arabic and set up schools in Timbuktu and other cities.

  
  

  • When Mali fell to invaders, the Songhai Empire came into power and helped strengthen Islam in West Africa.

Multiple Choice

What ruler of Mali is famous for giving away so much gold on his trip to Mecca?

• Shaka Zulu

• Ramses II

• Mansa Musa

• Hannibal

Multiple Choice

Whom did Mansa Musa bring back to Mali after his trip to Mecca to help improve education in his kingdom?

• Teachers

• Gold

• Salt

• Silk

Multiple Choice

Why did the Mali empire begin to decline?

• They ran out of gold and silver.

• Mansa Musa's son Maghan could not control the empire.

• Disease overtook the people.

• The kingdom was flooded by rain.

The End